Women and Politics

Pennsylvania Station 2008

Gloria Feldt | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Gender Bias in Media, Tim Russert, Pennsylvania Primary Results, Superdelegates, Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Media, General Election, Voter, Voter Behavior, Barack Obama, Rpublicans, Democratss, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

The superdelegates will go with whoever they perceive as a winner. Today it could be Clinton-- she's hung in there despite being badgered mercilessly to drop out.

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A Majority of Women in Spain's Cabinet Not OK With Italy's Berlusconi

Mike McCready | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Silvio Berlusconi, Spain, Zapatero, Politics News
Mike McCready

José Luís Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's recently re-elected Prime Minister has announced that his cabinet will, for the first time in history, be made...

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Who Can Beat McCain?

Alec Baldwin | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Racial Politics, Politics and Race, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

It is wrong to assume that either of these Democrats is less qualified than the other. But Democrats must think like Republicans, now more than ever. Who can win?

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Jason Linkins

Washington Post Hammers Women, Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Charlotte Allen Washington Post, Washington Post, Charlotte Allen, Politics News

I suppose that Charlotte Allen's treatise on the essential stupidity of women represented the Washington Post's "beer track" misogyny. This morning, ...

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This One's For the Girls

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Women and Politics, Female President, Woman President, 2008 Election, Politics News
Kristen Breitweiser

Our country is a mess. It's going to require a lot of unglamorous, grunt work. To me, it sounds like a job for a woman because if there were ever a house that needed cleaning up, it would be our current one.

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Is Electing A "Woman" All That "Historical"?

June Koch | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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June Koch

In terms of historical importance, the election of a woman to the nation's highest political office would not remotely be comparable, domestically or internationally, to the election of an African-American.

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Strong Women Can't Be Wrong

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Women, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Campaign, Politics News
Jamie Stiehm

Hillary's refusal to apologize in public is a straitjacket of sorts she and other strong women have developed as a survival strategy in public life.

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Feminist Ultimatums: Not In Our Name

Kimberle Crenshaw and Eve Ensler | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Women Voters, Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Eve Ensler, Eve Ensler Obama, Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday Results, Politics News
Kimberle Crenshaw and Eve Ensler

The new players of the troubling "with us or against us" game are no longer the hawkish Republicans but "either/or" feminists determined to see to it that a woman occupies the Oval Office.

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Clinton vs. Obama: Lest We Forget

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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Clarence B. Jones

The challenge confronting me and others, who worked with Dr. King, is how to set the record straight without appearing to third parties to be playing the so-called "race card".

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The Fence

Rebecca Walker | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Wave Feminism, Gloria Steinem New York Times, Sexism, 2008 Election and Race, Gloria Steinem, Women and Politics, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem Hillary, Feminism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Third Wave Feminism, Politics News
Rebecca Walker

The idea that young women are too naive to realize the pervasiveness of sexism is an old Second Wave feminist trope used to dismiss and discredit an entire generation, many of whom now support Obama because he doesn't insult them.

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I'll Have My Change With a Little Contradiction on the Side, Please

Julie Bergman Sender | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton New Hampshire, Womens Voices Women Vote, Women, New Hampshire Primary, Barack Obama Iowa, Women Voters, Women and Politics, Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton, Single Women Voters, Balcony Films, Barack Obama, Single Women, Women’s Voices, Politics News
Julie Bergman Sender

Single women could decide who becomes the next president of the United States. It's as simple and as complicated as that.

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Seeing Sexism

Erica Jong | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, Politics News
Erica Jong

It's different this time, say the women of my daughter's generation. We've won the battle. We don't need the White House. Say what? We don't need it? We're past it?

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Anne Rice on Hillary and Barack

David Kuo | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, Anne Rice, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Anne Rice Hillary Clinton, Politics News
David Kuo

Anne Rice has posted a video on YouTube celebrating Hillary's New Hampshire win and suggesting a Clinton/Obama ticket. Ms. Rice says she is "pro-life", "a Democrat" and "for Hillary."

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It Was Hillary's Oprah Moments That Did it!

Tom Alderman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

Will Hillary be able to use her new, and uncomfortable voice, in appropriate ways or will the campaign try to manufacture other 'real' Oprah moments?

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NY Times Misses Big Slip in Steinem Op-Ed

John R. Bohrer | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Edward Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Gloria Steinem New York Times, Women and Politics, New York Times, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

While the Kennedy family's endorsements have largely gone to Sen. Clinton, the top prize of the liberal lion has yet to be dispensed.

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Is Obama's Victory the End of "You Go Girl" Politics?

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

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Morra Aarons-Mele

Clinton's "You go girl" message was just not enough to get a majority of women to vote for her in Iowa, even though traditionally the messaging of political women's groups convinces us that women will vote for women.

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Iowa Primaries: Single, Female & Powerful

Kim Mance | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

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Kim Mance

Women have realized their power and will decide this election (look out middle-aged, white men -- it ain't no fun when the rabbit's got the gun).

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2008 Shortchanging Women (And You)

Lynda Waddington | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Huffiowa, Gender Hillary Clinton Campaign, Women Campaigns Iowa, Gender Campaigns Iowa, Gender Barack Obama, Women and Politics, Women Iowa Politics, Gender Iowa Politics, Gender Democratic Party, Women Hillary Clinton Campaign, Home News
Lynda Waddington

Women, however, weren't content with platitudes, and it became clear to the campaigns that horse races listing female supporters and sound bites were not going to be enough.

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Hillary: Caucusing Isn't Easy -- For Women

Election Central | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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During an interview shown this morning on the Today Show, Hillary Clinton made an interesting claim about the peculiarities of the caucus system -- th...

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Benazir, a Person -- Not Just Politics

Laura Liswood | Posted 01.01.2008 | Politics

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Laura Liswood

Benazir knew what it meant to be a woman leader in an Islamic state. She seemed to be juggling it all in her psyche and her life.

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HuffPo Charity Chain: Liberty and Media Justice for All

Gloria Feldt | Posted 12.30.2007 | Media

Read More: Women and Politics, Women, Hillary Clinton, Women and Media, Media News
Gloria Feldt

The opposite of patriarchy is not matriarchy, but democracy. And a media that leaves women out of the picture harms everyone, male and female.

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The Hillary Hatred Equation

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Primary, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Could it be that hatred for Hillary is more perception than reality, a political fiction -- that it derives from a purposeful, contrived political poisoning of her well? It wouldn't be the first time a Democrat lost because of a skillfully crafted fiction.

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Why Oprah and Hillary Are in this Election Together

Gloria Feldt | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Single Women Voters, Women Who Don't Vote, Marie Claire, 2008 Election, Women Voters, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

The 35 million eligible-but-not-voting women are the key to the outcome of the 2008 elections -- not just at the presidential level but all up and down the ticket.

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No Sex Please, We're Voting

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Single Anxious Women Voters, Election 2008, Women's Vote, Polling, Sex and the City, Women, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Want a sure-fire way to keep women away from the polls? How about calling large groups of them "single and anxious"?

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Polar Bears and People

Lisa Witter | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Climate Change, World Leaders Global Security Summit, Global Warming, Politics News
Lisa Witter

Women's brains hold an important and under-tapped capacity to solve the greatest challenges of our time: global warming.

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